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NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Friday trashed a petition against the Karnataka government’s invite to Booker prize winner author Banu Mushtaq as chief guest for the Mysuru Dasara festival at Chamundeshwari temple. Dismissing its claim that participation of a “non-Hindu would hurt religious sentiments”, the court said in a secular country, there can be no discrimination…
GUWAHATI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to the Northeast for the second time in as many weeks on September 22 to launch the 1,840-km Arunachal Frontier Highway, a Rs 42,000-crore project for a two-lane track running parallel to the historic McMahon Line separating India and China.The highway will run from Tawang district’s Nafra in…
KANPUR: A group of policemen in UP’s Etawah allegedly forced a doctor on duty at the district hospital’s emergency ward to accompany them to the house of the SSP, whose mother was unwell. Dr Rahul Babu alleged that despite his pleas citing the patient rush at the emergency ward, the cops turned a deaf ear…
Piyush Goyal (File photo) DUBAI: After the UAE, government is looking at trade pacts with individual countries in West Asia, instead of the earlier plan for an agreement with the Gulf Cooperation Council, commerce & industry minister Piyush Goyal said Friday.“The agreement with the UAE has been the most successful trade agreement so far. The…
NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said that Singapore authorities are questioning those who were accompanying singer Zubeen Garg before his death. An autopsy is expected to be conducted on Saturday.The 52-year-old singer, best known for his hit song Ya Ali, died while scuba diving in Singapore on Friday. “If an…
NEW DELHI: Apple‘s new-gen iPhone17 smartphone had a bumper opening in India with top variants – Pro and Pro Max – getting sold out across many locations as the American giant also grew fastest in first half of the year, ahead of mass brands, such as Vivo, Oppo, and realme.iPhone sales in the Jan-June’25 period…
JAMMU: A special NIA court in Jammu has extended by 45 days the custodial remand of two accused arrested on charges of harbouring Pakistani terrorists involved in the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack.Special judge Sandeep Gandotra on Thursday extended the remand of Pahalgam locals Bashir Ahmad Jothat and Parvaiz Ahmad, who hail from Baisaran and…
MUMBAI: Bhabha Atomic Research Centre is developing a reactor that will help more than double the endurance levels of Indian Navy‘s next-generation submarines.Confirming the development, a Barc scientist said on condition of anonymity – as the project is top secret – that the new reactor is “being developed for the S-5 class nuclear-powered ballistic missile…
NEW DELHI: Himachal Pradesh faced more rain-related damage on Friday after fresh landslides were reported across the state, already battered by heavy rains this monsoon. In Shimla, a landslide near St Edwards School in the Himland area forced the administration to shut the school for two days. The slide also blocked the city’s Circular Road,…
SRINAGAR: Former J&K CM and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti wrote to home minister Amit Shah on Friday, taking up cudgels on behalf of jailed separatist Yasin Malik and seeking “a compassionate and urgent review” of the terror funding case against him on grounds of what she described as “his long-standing commitment to non-violence”.“Over the years,…
